Deth Specula:

Deth Specula is a Santa Cruz "neo-bronto" five-piece rock band. Deth Specula was one of the first ten bands on The Internet Underground Music Archive and used the internet to broadcast a live music concert from the Cowell Courtyard at the SCO Forum held on the [[[University of California, Santa Cruz|University of California in Santa Cruz]] on August 23rd, 1994. This was the first time a live music concert was broadcast over the internet and the second netcast ever. The first song ever broadcast in a live concert over the internet was "Internet Band", a Deth Specula parody of the Grand Funk Railroad song "We're An American Band".

Genre

Deth Specula was a Nineties band with roots in early 70's hard rock and style drawing on 80's punk pop. They began as a punk parody band and later developed into "neo-bronto" rock.^[1]

Bandmembers

Tim Ruckle / Timmy Rotarian - Lead vocals
Kameran Kashani / Malcom McCameron - Lead guitar
Marty Stevens / Kozmo - Rhythm guitar and vocals
Jon Luini / yam - Bass and vocals
Robert Boucher / rAsTRo! - Drums and percussion
Eric Davis / Sharky - Engineer

History

Deth Specula formed in 1989 to create a rock video parody of the Sex Pistols song Anarchy in the U.K. called "Anarchy at SCO" for use in the SCO Follies, a company sponsored musical comedy revue produced each year by the employees.^[4] Deth Specula continued to make video parodies for the SCO Follies in subsequent years and branched out into playing at local night clubs.^[5]^[6] On March 9, 1994 CNN used the Deth Specula original "Careening Continental" as the lead in and out for their "Showbiz News" segment on IUMA.^[7] On August 23, 1994 the band broadcast a live concert over the Mbone.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] In 1995 they played in the UniForum Battle of the Bands in Dallas, Texas.^[13]

Over time Deth Specula became more of an original rock and ballad band than a parody group although they retained their sense of humor as evidenced by originals like "Baboon Liver", "Crop Killer", "Reagan Mask", "Gutterslut", and "Get Even More".^[14]^[15]

Current status

Discography

References

^ Malcom McCameron (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Band Bio". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com).+Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
^ David Pescovitz (1995-08-30). "It's All Geek to Them; Digital Communes Find a Social Scene in Computers", Business section, The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION, Los Angeles Times, p. 1. Retrieved on 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 1995-08-30. "...27-year-old Jon Luini, who co-founded the hip Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) in 1993"
^ Maurer, Wendy. "THE DYNAMICS OF MUSIC DISTRIBUTION". Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
^ Marino, Steve. "SCO Follies videos on YouTube". Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
^ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 10, 1994". Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
^ "Deth Specula Fanline - April 27, 1994". Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
^ Boucher, Robert. "IUMA on CNN (3/9/1994)". Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
^ Strauss, Neil, "Rolling Stones Live on Internet: Both a Big Deal and a Little Deal", New York Times, Nov 22, 1994, p. C15.
^ Hafner, Katie, "The MBone: Can't You Hear It Knocking", Newsweek, Dec 5, 1994.
^ Malcom McCameron (1994-08-23). "S.F. BAY AREA BAND DETH SPECULA ROCKS THE INTERNET WITH LIVE, COMPUTER NETWORK BROADCAST". Deth Specula (http://www.deth.com).+Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
^ Internet Underground Music Archive (1994-08-23). "Deth Specula Live at the SCO Forum". Internet Underground Music Archive. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
^ Jon R. Luini (1994-08-23). "MediaCast Company Information". MediaCast (http://www.mediacast.com).+Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
^ "Deth Specula Fanline - March 8, 1995". Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
^ Weasels and Cream, Deth Specula audio cassette tape
^ "Deth Specula Fanline - January 25, 1994". Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
^ Hunt, Evan (2008-01-24). "Bruce Steinberg Memorial status reports". Retrieved on 2008-04-23.

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